Gynaecologist/some other expert for PMS type stuff

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I'm finding that PMS symptoms post dc3 are getting pretty bad. I would like to try and find a specialist to talk to about my options. It would need to be private as I'm not in the UK.

Does anyone have any recommendations? I'm not even sure that it is a gynaecologist I need. Any thoughts very welcome!

I spoke to my GP and he gave me hormones to take 10 days a month to try to help the huge lows I get when I have PMS. I would ask your GP first, and he might be able to help or refer you to someone else.

Marking place, I suffer really badly with PMS too.

Thanks for the reply Kione. Can I ask what hormone and in what form? I might try my GP, although I live in France and I'm not sure what sort of response I will get raising gynae issues.

Fuzzpig - I found that things were well controlled by taking agnus castus and a women's multi vitamin but the last couple of months have been really bad and I'm starting to feel that I need to do more. Have you found it has been worse since kids?

The tablets are Norethisterone. And this is what it says: Norethisteroneis one of a group of medicines called 'Progestogens'. Progestogens are similar to the natural female hormone progesterone. It has many uses, you can take Norethisterone to treat or manage:
-Heavy periods
-Painful periods
-Irregular periods or more frecuent than normal
-Premenstrual tension
-Endometrosis
-Breast cancer

I put all this because I stopped taking the pill because of the increase of risk of brest cancer (and history in my family) and was scared of taking any hormones, but doctor said this ones are not the same as the ones on the pill and he explained really well.

He said it will take a couple of months to work and I am on my second now so hopefully will notice the difference soon.

I am don't know how medicine and doctors work in france, but certainly you don't loose anything by asking. And They probably know about hormones aswell and are able to help.

Good luck!

Thanks very much for typing all that in, Kione - it's really helpful. I didn't get on went with the pill when younger so was hoping for some sort of alternative to that. As you say, I won't lose anything by asking the GP - think I'm just being a bit scaredy about it and would ideally find a specialist in the UK who I could discuss it with in English!

I was given noristherone (sorry I can't spell it and on my phone but the SAME medicine as above nice poster) when I had the depro contraceptive injection and didn't stop bleeding at all. It stopped it within days.

If you go to the UK often, can't you see a GP there? I mean, if you can go and see a specialist, it might be worth asking GP first, they might be able to help or put you in the right direction. if they don't they you could try private.